| Richard Darbois | |
| Birth Name: | Richard Guimond |
| Birth Date: | 1951 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1963–present |
Richard Guimond (pronounced as /fr/; born 7 December 1951), professionally known as Richard Darbois (pronounced as /fr/), is a Canadian actor who specializes in French dubbing.
Darbois is a regular French voice for many actors, including Harrison Ford, Danny Glover, Richard Gere, Jeff Goldblum, Dan Aykroyd, and Patrick Swayze, as well as for Bill Murray, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.
Darbois is also very present in the animation industry, standing out singularly by his playing and various vocal possibilities. He has participated in many works for Disney Studios, notably lending his voice to Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story franchise and the series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Genie in Aladdin, Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Shan-Yu in Mulan, Bruce in Finding Nemo, Mr. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc.. He also lent his voice to Batman in several series and animated films of the 1990s (including ) and Captain Harlock in the anime series Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
In the media, he is also known as the voice-over artist of the radio station NRJ and some brands for advertising.[1]
Richard Darbois is the son of comedian Olivier Guimond and singer Jeanne-d'Arc Charlebois.[2]
In 1955, his parents separated and his mother left for a career in Europe, accompanied by her children, where she took the artist name of Jeanne Darbois, a surname that her children would adopt.[3]
In the 1970s, at the start of his acting career, Richard Darbois appeared in several soft erotic films, then in pornographic films; however, he was dubbed in the latter for the hard shots.[4] He then turned to dubbing, where he professionalized. Within the post-synchronization, Richard Darbois is distinguished by a very recognizable voice, of which he is able to modify the bass as well as the treble (though his normal voice is still very deep, even cavernous).
Darbois has since been in many French versions for films and television series through animation. He doubles Harrison Ford, Richard Gere, Danny Glover and Jeff Goldblum and has repeatedly dubbed Bill Murray, Patrick Swayze, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liam Neeson, George Clooney and even Sylvester Stallone (during a certain period, Alain Dorval, the usual voice of Stallone, was at odds with the studios, following union demands).[5] [6]
He also modulates his voice according to the actors he doubles; he retains his normal voice for Harrison Ford (who also has a very deep voice), while giving a much less serious voice to Richard Gere and Jeff Goldblum and even less serious to Bill Murray. Danny Glover, on the other hand, has the same voice as Harrison Ford, but with a slight black African-American accent. Darbois also kept his normal voice for Richard Chamberlain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Ironside and Keith Richards, who played Edward Teague in .
Darbois currently lives in Guadeloupe with his wife, with whom he has a son. However, he continues to record announcements for NRJ Radio, and the firm has set up a studio for him there.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Make Mine Music | Narrator | ||
| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free | Willie the Giant | ||
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | King Leonidas | ||
| 1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | Klaus Vorstein | ||
| 1989 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Charlie B. Barkin | ||
| 1992 | Aladdin | The Genie | ||
| 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Oogie Boogie | ||
| Batman (Bruce Wayne) | ||||
| 1994 | Thumbelina | Mr. Bear | ||
| Aladdin and The Return of Jafar | The Genie | |||
| The Pagemaster | Captain Ahab | |||
| 1995 | Toy Story | Buzz Lightyear | ||
| 1996 | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Charlie B. Barkin | ||
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | The Genie | |||
| 1997 | Babes in Toyland | Gonzargo / Goblin King / Santa Claus | ||
| Forte | ||||
| Anastasia | Rasputin/Vladimir (singing voice) | |||
| 1998 | Mulan | Shan Yu | ||
| Batman (Bruce Wayne) | ||||
| 1999 | The King and I | The King of Siam | ||
| Bartok the Magnificent | Zozi | |||
| Toy Story 2 | Buzz Lightyear | |||
| Fantasia 2000 | Penn Jillette | |||
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Cortés | ||
| Dinosaur | Kron | |||
| Buzz Lightyear | ||||
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Henry J. Waternoose | ||
| 2003 | The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo | ||
| Finding Nemo | Bruce | |||
| Chum | ||||
| 2004 | The Magnifying Word | Zeus | ||
| 2005 | Valiant | Von Talon | ||
| 2006 | The Wild | Kazar | ||
| Cars | Buzz Lightyear Car | |||
| Miles the Mule | ||||
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Russ Cargill | ||
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who | Morton | ||
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Louis | ||
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Buzz Lightyear | ||
| Alpha and Omega | Winston | |||
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Butch | ||
| 2016 | Storks | Hunter | ||
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Buzz Lightyear |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–1995 | Batman (Bruce Wayne) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Aladdin | The Genie | |
| 1997–1999 | The New Batman Adventures | Batman (Bruce Wayne) | |
| 2000–2001 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Buzz Lightyear | |
| 2002 | Funky Cops | Capt. Dobbs | |
| 2008 | Wakfu | Kabrok / Corbeau Noir | Episode: "Le Corbeau Noir" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Kingdom Hearts | The Genie, Oogie Boogie | |
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | ||
| 2013 | Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories | Oogie Boogie | |